Research and Impact

Working to solve the complex problems facing today’s world.

The Glenn College’s world-class faculty brings practical experience and an interdisciplinary approach to research, analysis and technical assistance. Collaborating across policy areas, and with public and private sector organizations, our work seeks to improve public governance and policymaking.

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Affiliated Research Centers
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Assessing the Causes of Racial Disparities in Drug Courts
Criminal Justice Administration
September 23, 2022
An Ohio State research team, including the John Glenn College of Public Affairs, will examine why and how racial disparities in drug court diversion and participation persist. 
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Credit Counseling and Long-Term Credit Outcomes: Evidence from the National Foundation for Credit Counseling’s Sharpen Your Financial Focus Program
September 21, 2022
This study identifies the characteristics and long-term outcomes of consumers participating in nonprofit credit counseling, including those who do and do not enroll in debt management plans. 
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Academic Achievement and Pandemic Recovery in Ohio
COVID-19, Education Policy
September 15, 2022
Examination of student performance on the Ohio fall 2021 third grade English language arts (ELA) assessment.
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Planning toward sustainable food systems - An exploratory assessment of local U.S. food system plans
Food Policy
September 02, 2022
This study, published in Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, is an assessment of government-adopted food system plans in the U.S. that examines which topics, across the th...
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Food systems governance should be preceded by food systems diplomacy
Food Policy
September 01, 2022
This study, published in Nature Food, practice by which international actors consider and engage with negotiations that influence the food system has the potential to reframe the global food governanc...
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Mastering Public Administration. From Max Weber to Dwight Waldo
Public Management and Leadership
August 23, 2022
In this textbook, Raadschelders and Fry provide a singular investigation into the influence of 10 scholars on contemporary public administration as well as how significant their work continues to be o...
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Same product, different price: Experimental evidence on the transaction cost expenditures of selling to governments and firms
Economics
August 22, 2022
This study, published in the Public Administration Review, examines whether governments pay more than firms when contracting.
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Sobriety Checkpoint Laws, Fatal Car Crashes and Arrests
Local Government Management and Policy
August 12, 2022
This study, published in Social Science Research Network, analyzes how sobriety checkpoints impact fatal car crashes and arrests.